Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus (21 January 1940-) was an American professional golfer from 1961 to 2005. Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1940, he won the US Amateur in 1959 and 1961 and finished in second place behind Arnold Palmer at the 1960 US Open, and he defeated Palmer at the 1962 US Open. He became an on-course rival with Palmer during the 1960s, and he won the Masters Tournament for the second year in a row in 1966, the first golfer to do so; at the age of 26, he was also the youngest to do so at the time. In 1986, he claimed his 18th and final major championship at the age of 46, and, from 1990 to 1996, he won 10 PGA tournaments. He retired in 2005. Nicklaus was a notable Republican in the field of sports. He was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, with whom he had played golf, saying that people had to respect the President of the United States regardless of their political views.